1. 45M ang gumagamit ng wikang Filipino.

2. Ang unang diksyunaryong Filipino ay isinulat ni Franciscan Pedro de San Buenaventura

3. Dati, ang Tagalog ang tawag sa ating pambansang, ngunit binago ito at ginawang Filipino.

-Alam mo ba na ang KARAOKE na inakala natin ay sa bansang

hapon nanggaling ay dito pala mismo sa Pilipinas nagawa at
naimbento. Ito ay sa pamamagitan ni Roberto Del Rosario, na ang
tawag dati ay “Sing along with the system”. At kalaunan ang
salitang “KARAOKE” ay nasalin sa salitang hapon na “singing
without accompaniment.”

-Alam niyo ba na ang nakaimbento ng video camera with a single

chip ay naimbento ni Marc Loinaz, isang imbentor na Pilipino sa
New Jersey.

-Ang fluorescent lamp na galing sa bansang Amerika ay

naimbento ng isang scientist na nanggaling sa Cebu, ito ay si
Agapito Flores.

-Ang Pilipinas ang tinaguriang “texting capital of the world,”

mahigit 350 to 400 million text messages (SMS) ang naipapadala
araw-araw sa 35 million cellular phone users.

- Meron tayong 175 languages and dialects dito sa Pilipinas, at

171 sa mga ito ay kasalukuyang ginagamit hanggang ngayon sa
iba’t-ibang probinsiya.

-Alam niyo ba na ang ating Barong Tagalog na itinuturing nating

pambansang kasootan ay dating ipinapasoot sa mga kalalakihang
Pilipino para masiguro ng mga kastila na walang dalang aramas
ang mga Pilipino noong unang panahon.

-Ang Pilipinas ang tinaguriang pangatlo sa English speaking

nation sa buong mundo.

-Tatlo sa tinaguriang worlds’ top ten largest malls ay makikita dito

sa Pilipinas; SM City North EDSA, MegaMall, at Mall of Asia.

-Pilipinas, pangatlo sa happiest countries in the world ng Gallup

International

-Alam niyo ba na ang mga astronaut sa outer space ay walang

kakayahang umiyak, wala kasing gravity, kaya walang lumalabas
na luha sa kanilang mga mata.

-Alam niyo ba si "Ming" ang pinakamatandang hayop sa buong

mundo. Si Ming ay isang Kabibe na ang edad ay 405 taon. Ito'y
nadiskobre ni Dr. Alan Wanamaker noong 2007.
-Alam niyo ba na ang mga Itik tuwing gabi ay Kalahati Tulog at Kalahati Gising ? Nahahati sa dalawa ang
tungkulin ng kanilang Utak- ang isa ay upang ipangtulog habang ang isa naman ay upang iprotekta laban
sa anumang banta sa paligid.

-Alam niyo ba na ang Jupiter ang pinakamalaking planeta sa Solar System, mas malaki pa ito kahit na
pagsama - samahin ang Mercury,Venus,Mars,Earth,Saturn, Uranus at Neptune.

-Alam nyo ba na ang balat ng hippopotamus ay 1 1/2 inches ang kapal at ito ay bulletproof.

-Alam nyo ba na gamit ang dila ay nililinis ng giraffe ang kanilang tenga.

-Alam nyo ba na sa isang itlugan ang babaing mackerel ay nangingitlog ng mahigit sa 500,000.

-Alam nyo ba na kapag na-upset ang mga hippos ay nagiging pula ang kanilang pawis.

nyo ba na nakikilala ng chimpanzee ang kanilang sarili sa salamin, ngunit ang mga unggoy ay hindi.

-Alam nyo ba na hindi nagkakasakit ang mga pating.

-Alam nyo ba na kailangan ng minimum temperature na 66 degress Fahrenheit ng tipaklong para sila
makatalon.

-Alam nyo ba na ang tiyan ng isang hippopotamus ay 10 feet ang haba.

-Alam nyo ba na noong 1350BC ang mga Egyptians ay gumagamit na ng condom. Gawa sila sa animal
bladder at bituka ng hayup.

-Alam nyo ba na 75% ng wild birds ay namamatay bago umabot ng anim na buwan.

-Alam nyo ba na ang mga pating ay immune sa lahat ng uri ng sakit.

-Alam nyo ba na ang bluefin tuna ay nakakalangoy ng 50 milya bawat oras.

-Alam nyo ba ang ang red kangaroo ng Austria ay nakatalon ng 27 feet sa isang talunan.

-Alam nyo ba na ang mga insekto ay nanginginig din kapag giniginaw.

-Alam nyo ba na ang mga pusa, hindi ang mga aso ang most common pets sa America.

-Alam nyo ba na noong 1816 ay ginamit na ang mga police dogs sa Scotland.

-Alam nyo ba na ang mga hayop ay pwedeng right-handed o left-handed. At ang polar bears ay left-
handed.

-Alam nyo ba na ang woodpecker ay 20 ulit tumutuka sa loob lamang ng isang segundo.

-Alam nyo ba na ang isda at mga insekto ay walang eyelids

-Ang tao ay may 10,000 taste buds in total. Ang HITO o catfish ay may 27,000 na taste buds

-Ang pulgas ng aso mo ay kayang lumundag ng 200 times na mas mataas kesa sa height nya!

-Ang best friend mong IPIS ay kaya pang mabuhay ng 9 na araw kahit wala na itong ulo.

-Ang puso ng HIPON o shrimp ay nasa ulo.

-Ang pambansang gulay Ng pilipinas ay malunggay

-Alam niyo ba na Kung Sino ang unang Filipino, ang lalaki o babae? Ito ay babae

-Cebu is the first Philippine City.

-Maria Teresa Calderon - World champion speed reader as listed in the Guiness Book of World Records

-In the Philippines, Filipinos were introduced to the English language in 1762 by British invaders, not
Americans. Philippines is the world's 3rd largest English-speaking nation, next to the USA and the UK.

-Coconuts - the Philippines is considered to be the largest producer of coconuts

-Gemma Cruz was the first Filipina to win an international beauty title - Miss International 1964.

-Dan Inosanto - from Mike Robandido - Pinoy who taught Bruce Lee how to use arnis de mano.

-The second oldest philippine printing press next to Manila can be found in Pila Laguna. The first book
printed was named Vocabulario Delengua Tagala - the philippines first filipino - spanish dictionary which
was printed in 1613, 25 years older than the first book printed in the United States.

-The Philippine Basketball Association is Asia's premier and the world's second oldest professional
league.

-After Happy Birthday, the song most sung in the Philippines is Lupang Hinirang, the national anthem.

Philippine Airlines took to the skies on March 15, 1941, using a Beech Model 18 aircraft amid the specter
of a global war. It became Asia's first airline.

The world's largest pearl was discovered by a Filipino diver in a giant Tridacna (mollusk) under the
Palawan Sea in 1934. Known as the "Pearl of Lao-Tzu", the gem weighs 14 pounds and measures 9 1/2
inches long and 5 1/2 inches in diameter. As of May 1984, it was valued at US$42 million. It is believed to
be 600 years old.

Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) Channel 3, the first television station in the country, went on the air in
1953.

Fernando Amorsolo, a painter, was the first national artist declared by the Philippine government. The
award was conferred on Amorsolo in April 1972, several days after his death.

The world's second deepest spot underwater is in the Philippines. This spot, about 34,440 feet (10,497
meters) below the sea level, is known as the Philippine Deep or the Mindanao Trench. The Philippine
Deep is in the floor of the Philippine Sea. The German ship Emden first plumbed the trench in 1927. The
world's deepest part of the ocean is the Marianas Trench, which is over 11,000 meters below the seal
level.

The symbolic name for the Philippines, Juan dela Cruz, is not a Filipino invention? It was coined by R.
McCulloch-Dick, a Scottish-born journalist working for the Manila Times in the early 1900s, after
discovering it was the most common name in blotters

Mayon is the most beautiful mountain I have ever seen, the world-renowned Fujiyama (Mt. Fuji) of
Japan sinking into perfect insignificance by comparison. British traveler-writer A. Henry Savage Landor
Ilo-Ilo golf and country club is the oldest golf club in the Philippines. It was built at 1908 by Irish
Engineers.

Emilio Aguinaldo lost to Manuel L. Quezon in the country's first presidential elections in 1935.

Bagumbayan was the original name of Luneta Park.

Of the 500 known coral species in the world, 488 are found in the Philippines.

The Philippines is home to some of the world's most exotic birds. One of the most endangered species is
the exotic Kalangay or the Philippine cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia), which belongs to Psittacidae
or the family of parrots. Some cockatoos can live up to 50 years. They are known for mimicking human
voices. Most of them measure 33 centimeters in length and weigh 0.29 kilogram.

1. National Book Store

What’s in a name? Armed with only a high school diploma, NBS founder Nanay Coring first worked as a
salesgirl for a bookstore owned by her brother and sister-in-law. The said store was located on the
ground floor of Panciteria Nacional in Escolta, a place where the name of the 71-year old retail giant
supposedly got its name. Or so we were told.

In a Philippine Star article, Nanay Coring revealed that the name of the store came from an unlikely
source. Turns out, the National Book Store that we all love was actually inspired by a brand of a cash
register, and Nanay Coring decided to use it because “it sounded like a good name”.

2. Datu Puti

What’s in a name? Contrary to popular belief, Datu Puti vinegar was not based on a legendary chieftain.

Yes, there was a certain Datu Puti who, along with 9 other Bornean Datus, allegedly arrived in Iloilo
during the pre-colonial era. However, the Reyes family, who founded the popular brand of condiments
in the 1970s, said that history or legend has nothing to do with their products.

Datu Puti is simply a mash-up of their mother’s surname (“datu”) and the Filipino translation of white
(“puti”), which is the primary color of the traditional palm vinegar or sukang paombong.

There are Rizal monuments and busts in Japan, Belgium, Andorra, and the U.S.

-In San Francisco, California, there are streets named after Lapu-Lapu, Bonifacio, and Tandang Sora
while in Korea, a Philippine monument stands tall as a testament to our gallantry in the Korean War.

It has become expected though, that these places and structures would be named after noble heroes
who fought for freedom. But there are other Filipino personalities who have been acclaimed for
different achievements; honored abroad in the same way. Here are a few of them:

-The first same-sex marriage in the Philippines.first same sex marriage in the Philippines In February
2005, Ka Andres and Ka Jose, two members of the NPA (New People’s Army), exchanged vows in a
symbolic ceremony held in the Compostela Valley province in Mindanao.
-In addition to a choir which serenaded the two with revolutionary love songs, the event was also
participated by their comrades and few close friends.

-During the wedding, the two held each other’s hand while keeping a bullet in the other to represent
their commitment to the armed struggle.

-The world's largest Christmas lantern was illuminated in San Fernando, Pampanga on Dec. 24, 2002.
The structure was 26.8 meters in diameter and cost five million Philippine pesos

-Pope John Paul II offered a mass to about five million Filipinos on Jan. 18, 1995, at Luneta Park in
Manila. The event went into the Guinness Book of World Records as the Biggest Papal Crowd at the
time.

-The Philippines was the first country in Southeast Asia to gain independence after World War II, in
1945.[18]

-The Philippines has the highest rate of discovery of new animal species with 16 new species of
mammals discovered just in the last 10 years.[18]

Human trafficking is a problem in the Philippines. The country has the fourth largest number of
prostituted children in the world. There are estimated to be 375,000 women and girls in the *** trades,
mostly between the ages of 15 and 20, though some are as young as 11.[18]

Current president Benigno Aquino III is the first president of the Philippines to be a bachelor and he is
the son of ex-president Corazon Aquino, making him the second president to be a child of a former
president (his predecessor Gloria Arroyo was the other).[18]

The world’s biggest pair of shoes was made in Marikina City, Philippines, in 2002. The wingtips measured
about 17.4 feet (5.3 m) in length, 7.9 feet (2.4 m) in width, and almost 6.6 feet (2 m) in height. Their cost
was 2 million Philippine pesos.[5]

The Philippines are named after King Philip II of Spain

The Philippines are named after King Philip II of Spain. Explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the
Eastern Visayas Felipenas first, and the name was later applied to the entire archipelago. The country’s
official name is the Republic of the Philippines.[7]

The world record for most women breastfeeding simultaneously was 3,541, set in Manila, Philippines,
on May 4, 2006.[11]

Of the top 10 largest shopping malls in the world, three are found in the Philippines: SM Megamall, SM
North Edsa, and SM Mall of Asia.[18]

The world’s largest pearl was discovered by a Filipino diver in the Palawan Sea in 1934. Known as the
“Pearl of Lao Tzu,” or “Pearl of Allah,” the gem weighs 14 pounds (6.35 kg) and measures 9.5 inches (24
cm) long and 5.5 inches (.4 cm) in diameter. It has a value of over US$40 million. It is believed to be 600
years old.[2]
The Philippines is the world’s largest exporter of coconuts and tropical fruits, such as papaya and
mangosteen.[18]

Some Filipinos are wary of the number 13 and will avoid having 13 people at a table. Also, steps to the
main entrance of a house should not fall on a number divisible by three. Superstitious Filipinos will not
travel or bathe on Holy Thursday or Good Friday during Holy Week, the week before Easter.[16]

The only place in the world where skunks are found other than America is Indonesia and the Philippines,
where they are called stink badgers.[14]

President Benigno Aquino III of the Philippines is known as “Noynoy,” and two of his sisters’ nicknames
are “Pinky” and “Ballsy."[10]

Christian names in the Philippines include Bing, Bong, Bambi, Bogie, Girlie, Peanut, and Bumbum.[10]

The Philippines is the only majority Christian nation in Asia. Eighty percent of its population identifies as
Roman Catholic.[18]

The Philippines has a population of more than 100 million people, which makes it the 12th most
populous country in the world. Its annual growth rate of around 2% makes it one of the fastest growing
countries in the world.[18]

Mt. Pinatubo on the Philippine island of Luzon erupted on June 15, 1991, and created the largest
mushroom cloud in the world. Its eruption ejected 10 billion metric tons of magma and 20 million tons
of sulphur dioxide into the stratosphere.[18]

The Philippine, or monkey-eating, eagle is the largest of all eagles and was declared the national bird of
the Philippines in 1985

The national symbol of the Philippines is the Philippine, or monkey-eating, eagle. It is the largest of all
eagles and was declared the national bird of the Philippines in 1995. It stands up to 3.3 feet (1 m) in
height and has a wingspan of almost 7 feet (2 m). It is critically endangered; there may only be around
180–500 eagles remaining. Killing one is punishable by Philippine law by 12 years in jail and a heavy
fine.[18]

According to Filipino custom, it is considered rude to open gifts immediately after they are given.[3]

The Philippines is the only country in the world whose flag is hoisted upside down when the country is at
war.[18]

The Conus gloriamus, the rarest and most expensive seashell in the world, is one of the 12,000 species
of seashells found in the Philippines. The first examples of these shells sold at auction for about
US$5,000.[18]

The yo-yo had

1.Who is the only man who could play beautiful music with a leaf?*Levi Celerino
2.who is the woman with the largest collection of shoes as per guinness book ofworld record in
1986?*Imelda Marcos

3.who was the man who took away the largest loot in history?*Ferdinand Marcos

4.The guinness book of world records has redcognized ______________for craftingthe world's largest
pair of shoes?*marikina city

5.According to the Guinness Book of World records, the biggest amateur golf tournament takes place in
what place?*baguio city

6. where did the world's largest synchronized auerobics exercises took place?*Rizal park in manila

7. where is the worlds largest lantern made ?*san fernando, pampanga

8. who is the world's fastest reader? a student at the Northwestern University in Chicago Illinois?*Maria
Teresa Calderon

9. who is the fastest chilli eater in the world?*Eriberto Gonzales

10. who is the world's Best Finance Ministerin 1997?*Roberto de Ocampo

11. world's Best Central Bank Governor in 2002?*Gov. Rafael Carlos B. Buenaventura

12. Who won the world's Young Business Achiever Award in London in 1997?*Jose Donato Pangilinan

13. what can be considered as the world's sweetest mango produced?*carabao mangoof guimaras

14. what is the world's largest legal tender?*P100,000.00 commemorative bills ofthe Philippines

15. The world's largest bamboo organ?*Bamboo organ at St. Joseph Church in Las Pinas

16. World's largest High School in terms of student population?*The Rizal High School in Caniogan Pasig
City

17. world's longest barbeque in 2002?*Kalutan ed Dagupan festival in dagupan city

18. where could you find the world's largest Flower?*Sibalom National Park in Antique Province

19. what is the local name of the world's largest flower found in february 2002?*Uruy (Rafflesia sp.)

20. where was the world's largest salad made?*Baguio city

21. who weaved the world's longest mat?*BaseySamar22

22. what is the worlds largest pearl called?*pearl of lao-tzu

23. where was the largest pearl found?*Palawan sea

24. world's largest covered coliseum in 1959?*Araneta coliseum

25. what is the most populated islands in the philippines 56% as of 2000?*luzon

26. What is the most populated region in in the Philippines 11.8 million as of 2000?*Tagalog region
27. what region in the Philippines has the most cities as of 2002 with 16 cities?*Western visayas

28. what province in the Philippines is the largest ?*Palawan

29. what province in the Philippines has the largest population?*Cebu Province

30. what Province in the philippines is the most Densely populated?*Cavite province in Southern
Tagalog

31. what province in the philippines is the poorest?*Sulu Province

32. what province in the philippines has the most cities?*negros occidental

33. what province in the philippines has the most municipalities?*cebu provincein central visayas

34. what province in the philippines has the most Barangays?*Iloilo province inwestern visayas

35. what province in the philippines has the least population?*Batanes province36. where is the most
populated city in the philippines?*Quezon City

37. where is the most polluted city in the Philippines?*Baguio city

38. who is the greatest filipino athlete of all time?*Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno

39. who is declared the greatest world junior lightweight boxing champion in WBC